Acute Kidney Injury in a Case Series of Patients with Confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019): Role of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 and Renin-Angiotensin System Blockade
The renin-angiotensin system plays a very critical role in hypertension, diabetes, and kidney and heart diseases. The blockade of the renin-angiotensin system results in the prevention of progression of renal and cardiac damage. There have been controversial hypotheses raised regarding the safety of...
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Main Authors: | Avantika Chenna, Venu Madhav Konala, Subhasish Bose, Sasmit Roy, Bhaskar Reddy Madhira, Vijay Gayam, Srikanth Naramala, Sreedhar Adapa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Nephrology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8811931 |
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